Vista - Seagate Confirms 1TB Hard Disk Drive

Let's see...

I have digital camcoder and still camera that I'm using on regular basis; 10-year archive of my digital life; recorded TV programs (growing very quickly); ripped music CDs; games that nowadays require several gigs of disk space each...

I can easily fill a good half of 1TB HDD right now. And I will as soon as I can afford it. Actually I was thinking about 3x500GB HDDs in a RAID-5 but now I'm not sure which is better.

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Alexander Suhovey
"William" <woogles@charter.net> wrote in message news:CDF065E3-3D20-4DD9-A26F-A2F3C6C90C2D@microsoft.com...
I am running RC2, Office 2003 and several other applications, I have system Restore turned off and the paging file on the 2nd hard drive and all I am using is 8.33 gigabytes of a 60 gigabyte drive. I don't foresee the need for a terabyte hard drive for a long time.

"Gary Mount" <gary_mount@telus.net> wrote in message news:C212FAB6-A024-4672-B414-F98D2D3C32FF@microsoft.com...
And 300TB hard drive to arrive by 2010
http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=36675


"michail iakovou yos" <1@1.1> wrote in message
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> http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=5582
>

michail iakovou yos wrote:
> http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=5582

That article, dated 4th Jan 07 says Seagate is expecting to produce the
drive within 6 months - and "No company has since announced a drive with
750GB or greater capacity."

Then today arrives:

http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2007/01...first_1tb_hdd/

Hitachi announce the same thing 1 day later, but shipping in the next 3
months! Talk about trying to out do the other. They're also releasing
a 750GB version too.

Strange though that they said: "Hitachi's announcement is the first
formal introduction of a 1TB desktop drive. That said, Seagte is
expected to announce a 1TB unit of its own next week at the Consumer
Electronics Show (CES)"

So maybe Seagate hasn't formally announced?

D

I don't see the need for a 500 HP car either but I'd have one if I could
afford it. The nice thing is, I can afford the terabyte hard drive.

Just keep in mind, he who dies with the biggest and most toys wins! Don't
drop out of the man-club, buddy. Get that terabyte drive!

Dale



"William" <woogles@charter.net> wrote in message
news:CDF065E3-3D20-4DD9-A26F-A2F3C6C90C2D@microsoft.com...
I am running RC2, Office 2003 and several other applications, I have system
Restore turned off and the paging file on the 2nd hard drive and all I am
using is 8.33 gigabytes of a 60 gigabyte drive. I don't foresee the need for
a terabyte hard drive for a long time.

"Gary Mount" <gary_mount@telus.net> wrote in message
news:C212FAB6-A024-4672-B414-F98D2D3C32FF@microsoft.com...
And 300TB hard drive to arrive by 2010
http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=36675


"michail iakovou yos" <1@1.1> wrote in message
news:e3T8hhHMHHA.420@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=5582
>

The RAID-5 is clearly better, somewhat for speed but a whole lot for
reliability. Otherwise, how are you going to backup a terabyte drive?
Besides, RAID is another power toy and adds to your ranking in the man club.

Dale



"Alexander Suhovey" <asuhovey@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:9A20CDA1-4FFA-4C29-94CF-7E6902764340@microsoft.com...
Let's see...

I have digital camcoder and still camera that I'm using on regular basis;
10-year archive of my digital life; recorded TV programs (growing very
quickly); ripped music CDs; games that nowadays require several gigs of disk
space each...

I can easily fill a good half of 1TB HDD right now. And I will as soon as I
can afford it. Actually I was thinking about 3x500GB HDDs in a RAID-5 but
now I'm not sure which is better.

--
Alexander Suhovey
"William" <woogles@charter.net> wrote in message
news:CDF065E3-3D20-4DD9-A26F-A2F3C6C90C2D@microsoft.com...
I am running RC2, Office 2003 and several other applications, I have system
Restore turned off and the paging file on the 2nd hard drive and all I am
using is 8.33 gigabytes of a 60 gigabyte drive. I don't foresee the need for
a terabyte hard drive for a long time.

"Gary Mount" <gary_mount@telus.net> wrote in message
news:C212FAB6-A024-4672-B414-F98D2D3C32FF@microsoft.com...
And 300TB hard drive to arrive by 2010
http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=36675


"michail iakovou yos" <1@1.1> wrote in message
news:e3T8hhHMHHA.420@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=5582
>

Wonder if they're using technology shown on PBS's Wired Science? Two
enthusiasts collect viruses from Yellowstone National Park, empty their
insides and install whatever nano parts they like. They showed that they
were already working to launch current hard drive density up about 10^4.

http://www.pbs.org/kcet/wiredscience/


"michail iakovou yos" <1@1.1> wrote in message
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> http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=5582
>

On Fri, 05 Jan 2007 10:28:45 -0600, Dale wrote:

> I don't see the need for a 500 HP car either but I'd have one if I could
> afford it. The nice thing is, I can afford the terabyte hard drive.
>
> Just keep in mind, he who dies with the biggest and most toys wins! Don't
> drop out of the man-club, buddy. Get that terabyte drive!

A *Real* man would buy one for each machine in his personal Beowolf
cluster...

Cluster? I'm googling Beowolf with a hungry gleam in my eye now!


"arachnid" <none@goawayspammers.com> wrote in message
newsan.2007.01.05.17.12.49.264581@goawayspammers.com...
> On Fri, 05 Jan 2007 10:28:45 -0600, Dale wrote:
>
>> I don't see the need for a 500 HP car either but I'd have one if I could
>> afford it. The nice thing is, I can afford the terabyte hard drive.
>>
>> Just keep in mind, he who dies with the biggest and most toys wins!
>> Don't
>> drop out of the man-club, buddy. Get that terabyte drive!
>
> A *Real* man would buy one for each machine in his personal Beowolf
> cluster...
>
>

That actually isn't true. I am using a Seagate 7200.10 (750GB with the same
perpendicular recording) as my C: drive for Vista x64 and it only took about
an hour to do a full format. I think the perpendicular recording plays a
role in that.

"Stan Shankman" <stantheman@visi.com> wrote in message
news:eYdCsbLMHHA.4708@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> Sounds like the race is on to see which manufacturer can produce the first
> hard drive whose warranty will expire before it finishes formatting.
> Maybe we need a new paradigm - a convention to start using hard drive
> space even as the remainder of the drives capacity continues to format.
> Just my 2¢ worth.
> - Stan
>
> "Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]" <andred25@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:e9iC35HMHHA.1872@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>> Won't be available to me (affordable) in a new system until late 2008 or
>> first part of 2009.
>> --
>> Andre
>> Blog: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com
>> My Vista Quickstart Guide:
>> http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog...3DB!9709.entry
>> "michail iakovou yos" <1@1.1> wrote in message
>> news:e3T8hhHMHHA.420@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>>> http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=5582
>>>
>>
>>
>
>

why full? a quick format is enough


"Colin Barnhorst" <colinbarharst@msn.com> wrote in message
news:%23TXzFLRMHHA.3952@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> That actually isn't true. I am using a Seagate 7200.10 (750GB with the
> same perpendicular recording) as my C: drive for Vista x64 and it only
> took about an hour to do a full format. I think the perpendicular
> recording plays a role in that.
>
> "Stan Shankman" <stantheman@visi.com> wrote in message
> news:eYdCsbLMHHA.4708@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>> Sounds like the race is on to see which manufacturer can produce the
>> first hard drive whose warranty will expire before it finishes
>> formatting.
>> Maybe we need a new paradigm - a convention to start using hard drive
>> space even as the remainder of the drives capacity continues to format.
>> Just my 2¢ worth.
>> - Stan
>>
>> "Andre Da Costa[ActiveWin]" <andred25@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:e9iC35HMHHA.1872@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>> Won't be available to me (affordable) in a new system until late 2008 or
>>> first part of 2009.
>>> --
>>> Andre
>>> Blog: http://adacosta.spaces.live.com
>>> My Vista Quickstart Guide:
>>> http://adacosta.spaces.live.com/blog...3DB!9709.entry
>>> "michail iakovou yos" <1@1.1> wrote in message
>>> news:e3T8hhHMHHA.420@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>>>> http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=5582
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>

Why not? Sometimes I feel better doing a full format if I am erasing an
older or broken system. Just a preference. My point, however, was that if
it takes 30 minutes to format a 75GB drive it doesn't follow that it would
ake ten times longer to format a 750GB drive because the technology has
changed.

"michail iakovou yos" <1@1.1> wrote in message
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> why full? a quick format is enough
>
>